Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-09-24

whole mast Iif,. Of NV hu band proves hi in
pocanca An honest man does not become a
r,nrdarar from ON. dav 10 another without
,,,at;1,a. ynu can a,lll,a Inn. arrest him,
~ hin, in tho court, of Justice, but he will
nosr tbropch all with a clear name But it
r,;,s mo To tI.,uL Of nil this unmerit+d
troubIe
HAssassin without motives! Do YOU know
.r,,b;ne, about youT husbands business,
,,,.dar,e2r WIFI his he placed before her
tbe accusing latt,,r.. She read them as in a
dream and she understood ALL but she said
no word, though She could not suppress
gesture of horror
aNov madame / shall he obliged, even in
sr;to Of nv own wish, TO interrogate your
little girl We will 20 to your house, as she
is too i'll to come here"
NJ Iarroix accompanied Henriette to the
villa and vent with her to the plrlor.
90 tho, Won wish 70 speak with Suzanne?
vo,, u,ish ~ nuasrim her. although tell
,-o,, sl,o is s;cl-s-
Sba bsnt her heal discouraged, and walked
s,ovIv N har he'd room Suzanne was there.
nrd ey,,,,,s, N hon. uctbar's arms. and as she
I;ssod bor uapriatta vbisnercd in her ear.
aP.nonb..rr They then returned to the
ronn and Veuriettn said.
900 my child TO this gentleman and
a,s1,or ,rbatavpr he asks Won
suzanne advanced tinidlv ami placed her
aalf hatvvaan the knees of NJ Iarroix. who
nut his arm around her and kissed her fore
baod tindlv she has her lesson and will
aar ,,rtbipI, y +bouybt ha GENTLY he smoke
,,,;,tino[ hi, hand hspaatb nh. Ttti. chin so AS
80 f,u 49,, a.. l,,,.I,, s,,as of tho child.
sDo Won remember what Won did NIGHT be-
fore last little one"
She reflected fl moment. and then answered
in a firm clear voien.
.Wbv YES sir ! oleyed i, the garden.
and watarad my Hnv..r, and made a big
bouquet of roses for the dinner table, and
then I mayed with my new big doll. which
mamma pave me that morning because was
sevan wears old that dav And then belped
mamma and we made nv doll a lovely blue
satin dress and we put it ON. and we made
her n hat lust like it. That was all, | think. -"
But in the evening-atter the lamps were
IghtedT
II did nothing. staid by mamma, who
was teaching me a ver,.. to say to papa: but
did not say it until the next morning, because
papa did not come home until | was in bed
gu forget many things
THAT may be; don't know"
"Do You know how late it was when you
went 10 badF'
al do not know. Perhaps mamma could
tell youn
GWben Won wer. OH the balcony what did
you see in the streetm
.Notbingn
"Did you not see a man, the very one you
were waiting for. your fatberl Did you moi
see him go into your neighbor's housed Did
YOU not call him, and then say: Look, there
goes papa into the nei- hhor's house. and an
instant after heard pistol shot, which must
have frightened youf Now. tell me the truth
nv child
mo, sir, and | do not know what you
meaur And the courageous child looked al
her mother with an infinite tenderness
Henriette was seated near the window, where
she could see Suzanne without being seen by
Lacroix, who was vexei and Inundated BY
his Lack of succpss with these two weak
creatures. who were still too strong for him
MADAME. said IacroIx suddenly, Il would
be obliged to you if You would leave me alOnt
with this child few minutes. From yOul
room Won can hear all We say"
henriette rose ana Ndihttl lttDtt 10 Hel
ROOM where she dropped, an inert mass, on tb'
first chair. Now then dear, listen to me
In ohstinately refusing 10 tell me what vol
saw YOU are doing a great harm to you
father WHY will YOU not tell Inc all you saw
and heards Who are you afraid Off Did you
mother tell you to keep silenti Ii she did sh
was wrong. do not want to harm you
father. There are people, though, who pre-
tend that they saw him go night before las
into NJ. Larouettes house to kill him and TAX
his money You love your father, am SURF
and want him to com, back to you Well,
they prove that he went there he can neve
come back, and perhap, they will send hi
away to prison, and you will never see Ill
aqain PERHAPS even they would do wore
than that. 1t defends upnn You whether
ever comes back or not You saw the ma
who killed Larouetta Ii it was your fatbe
do not tell me but j! II was somebody else, d
not be afraid to spenk'
During this artfuiiy arranged speech I'll
Door little girl had tlie,l to stifle her sob
and uow almost bur,ting with restraine
grief fear and terror. Sins sohbed brokenly:
81 don't know what vo,. want of me l cal
not saw what | do not know, and kno
nothing and saw nothing What makes sc
ca1se me such eri.ff'
The tears chased each other down that pa
child's face in veritahic torrents, and 81
stood before him without 50 much Us tryiI
to wipe them away, her little hands hangiI
helplessly by her side
a am sorry | have caused you troubl
DOOR little one Go and JOIN your mother
And Suzanne triumpIed i'll that teriih
struggle of man of the world, magstra
and a commissaire of the police against
simple child.
"She had learned her lesson. | thought
much"
At this moment some one raped on d
door leading from the hall, and two men e
tered. They were Tristot and Pivolot, wi
had come to tell Nj Lacrolx that TINS NOR
ing Roger LarOque lad been arrested III
office, Rue Saint Maur, and examined
once by commisSaire OF the ludiciar
Profiting by the presence OF these two detf
tives at the Villa Mont ,lals, they proceed
to search the premises for anything viii
might seem to them useful in estabhshil
their evidence against Roger. This scar
WAS not fr,,itless. as they found in Roge
dressing room the clothes which Roger b
worn the night of the crime the gray &C
with its CAM. a pair of brown pantalool
,,hich uora torn. a high gray hat. with
narrow black hand dented and soiled. TT
tot and Piyolot, who had been at work sin
the previous day, knew that these were u
Look at the coat, pantaloO n and Gyere ERGO